I know it’s been a while, but I finally got some time to write a couple of posts on DRM automation, specifically, on the DRM batch utility. DRM ships with a Windows executable which allows us to automate some of the work we typically do, like run imports, blends, action scripts etc. First off, let’s……
In this series of posts, we will look at how DRM allows us to associate nodes as property values. As an example, think of those scenarios where we might need an attribute dimension for Essbase. We could set that up as a list property with DRM, if the following conditions hold true (at least in……
Q: What did the tree say to autumn? A: Leaf me alone. Now that I’ve got that out of my system, I thought we’d take a quick look at the humble DRM Leaf property. We’ve all used it one way or the other, whether we are setting up a hierarchy or applying formula logic. The Leaf……
For this post, I thought I’d take a look at DRM imports. Now we are all familiar with text imports, so I thought I’d look at how DRM imports work against relational tables (a new-ish feature). This is something developers had been asking for a long time. Just like text imports, imports from relational tables……
With the arrival of Dynamic Scripting in DRM 11.1.2.3, JavaScript is a valid scripting option within DRM. This is pretty neat because a script provides a more robust alternative to traditional DRM formulas. I also like the fact that you can now put comments inside your code. I thought it would be nice to do……
Now we’ve all been in situations where we’ve perform a lot of updates in an environment, let’s call it PROD and we need to perform a migration of only the objects (hierarchies, nodes, property values etc.) that changed, from that environment to, let’s say, DEV. In other words, we need a “delta” script. Since we……
Now that we’ve finished the DRM install, it’s time to create a new DRM application. This process is pretty straight-forward as well. As usual, let’s look at some of the pre-requisites. Pre-requisites Create a new repository (ensure you have the database rights to do this). Alternatively, you can choose to run scripts manually as well. Suitable……
So, to kick things off, I thought I would start off with a simple post on how to install DRM 11.1.2.4. This will be part 1 of a 2 part series. To start off with, let’s make sure we have the prerequisites ready. Installation Prerequisites Windows 2008 R2 server IIS (Internet Information Services) turned on……
